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English
Etymology
From Latin metrum (“meter”) + -fy. Compare French métrifier.
Verb
metrify (third-person singular simple present metrifies, present participle metrifying, simple past and past participle metrified)
- To make verse.
a. 1529, John Skelton, The Crowne of Lawrell:he metrified after his mynde
- (US, Canada) metricate
See also
References
“metrify”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.